You can read my final column at Core77 about how to get paid for your work via this link. Please note that the topic of this column and the fact that I won’t be writing there in the future have nothing to do with each other. Promise. Rain Noe, my editor at Core77, has been…

The class I’m most excited about this year at our storefront is with furniture maker and finisher John Porritt. During the class, April 6-10, students will build their interpretation of a Welsh backstool using authentic materials and methods. And they will finish their chairs to have an aged appearance, which should be a class in…

John and I finished building the above rolling book display this afternoon. Pocket screws and Dragonply aren’t my favorite materials, but they do get the job done in a hurry. If you are in the area tomorrow, please stop by and check out our new holdfasts, T-shirts and two new Roman workbenches. Also, the Main…

We use acid brushes to apply glue in our shop, but we tune up the brushes before using them. Straight from the store, the bristles are too long and wide. When they get wet with glue, they act like a floppy mop and make it difficult to apply glue where you want it and in…

Katherine has made a big batch of soft wax during her break from art school. The wax is $24 for an 8-ounce jar. Soft wax is great for finishing the interior of woodwork, as a coat over milk paint or a way to add some luster to an aged finish. Katherine cooks up the wax…

People – both woodworkers and the less handy – often ask me what kind of chairs I build. Lately I’ve been calling them “commonplace chairs” instead of diving into an eye-glazing lecture on the British Isles, vernacular furniture and John Brown. The word “commonplace” suits them in both the literal definition – not unusual; ordinary…

Ever since buying my first Morris chair in 1991, I’ve had a deep interest in The Shop of the Crafters, an unusual Arts & Crafts furniture factory in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nothing is left of the factory – I drive over its bones every time I drive north on Interstate 75. But the furniture survives at…

Handworks has officially opened its website to the public with details on the exhibitors and door prizes being offered at this event. I don’t trade much in superlatives, but this is the far and away the single-best woodworking event I’ve ever attended or been part of. It’s free. The exhibitors are there to educate you…